LEADER 03696nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910818538303321 005 20230725021003.0 010 $a1-282-99169-8 010 $a9786612991691 010 $a90-420-3250-2 024 7 $a10.1163/9789042032507 035 $a(CKB)2560000000061689 035 $a(EBL)668976 035 $a(OCoLC)707068807 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000486642 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12188638 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000486642 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10441559 035 $a(PQKB)11175634 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC668976 035 $a(OCoLC)727176897$z(OCoLC)706425630$z(OCoLC)743202171$z(OCoLC)816641157 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789042032507 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL668976 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10447242 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL299169 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000061689 100 $a19981021d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPost-communist democratisation in Lithuania$b[electronic resource] $eelites, parties, and youth political organisations, 1988-2001 /$fDiana Janus?auskiene? 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aNew York $cRodopi$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (183 p.) 225 0$aOn the boundary of two worlds ;$v28 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-420-3249-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aPreliminary Material -- Introduction -- Theorising Post-Communist Democratisation: The Role of Political Elites -- The New Political Scene in Lithuania -- Rising New Elites: A Case of Youth Political Organisations -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- The Content of the Questionnaires -- Description of the Respondents -- Summarised Data from the Survey of the Members of Youth Political Organisations -- Summarised Data of the Survey of Members of the Lithuanian Parliament in 1996-2000 -- About the Author. 330 $aPost-Communist Democratisation in Lithuania: Elites, Parties, and Youth Political Organisations. 1988 ? 2001 explains post-communist changes in Lithuania. The transformation of political party system, political elites and youth political organisations in Lithuania are examined in light of democratisation in other post-communist countries. By linking theories of democratisation and elites to actual events, the book provides an analytical framework for interpreting political regime change and development in Lithuania. The book is based on five assumptions: (1) democratisation in Lithuania belongs to a ?Western type? of democratic development; (2) elites and nationalism were the major forces in modernisation; (3) Lithuanian elites have used the favourable conditions of perestroika and were the major actors in regime transformation; (4) the crop of political elites in Lithuania undergoes a generational change, and youth political organisations are very important in this process as they serve as schools for future politicians; and (5) class theory is less useful than elite theory when analysing the process of democratisation in Lithuania. 410 0$aOn the boundary of two worlds ;$v28. 606 $aDemocratization$zLithuania 606 $aPolitical parties$zLithuania 607 $aLithuania$xPolitics and government 615 0$aDemocratization 615 0$aPolitical parties 676 $a324.94 700 $aJanus?auskiene?$b Diana$01630480 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818538303321 996 $aPost-communist democratisation in Lithuania$93968815 997 $aUNINA